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Chapter 38 Terms 1. The Checkers speech, 1952: It was uncovered that Nixon was involved in a “slash fund” while in Congress. The outraged public influenced Eisenhower to consider removing Nixon from the vice presidency position. Nixon publicly broadcasted a speech to save himself with the name based on a childhood pet. His speech moved people, saving him his vice presidency. His use of television made television a more effective method of communication over radio. 2. Korean War Armistice, 1952: Eisenhower visited Korea shortly after winning the presidency. He hoped for a quick compromise but instead waited 7 months before he resorted to using nuclear warfare. The two Koreas quickly made a compromise. Violated many times after eventually ending in the 38 th parallel as the division. Eisenhower was criticized for care for foreign intervention rather than domestic issues. 3. General George Marshall: Former chief of state and ex-secretary of state accused by McCarthy for being a Communist. 4. Army-McCarthy hearings, 1954: McCarthy attacked the Army. The Army struck back by attacking McCarthy on national television for 35 days. McCarthy was rejected by the public for his actions and because of the hearings. This was McCarthy’s downfall. 5. Jim Crow laws: Legally segregated Blacks from Whites. If the laws were not enforced by law, the public would violently enforce them. 6. Executive Order 9902, 1941: Issued by Roosevelt to combat the segregation in the defense department. Considered the Second Emancipation Proclamation. 7. Thurgood Marshall: NAACP chief legal counsel (later a Supreme Court justice) argued that separate professional schools were unconstitutional because they failed to pass the test of equality. 8. Rosa Parks, 1955: Violated Jim Crow laws by sitting in the White only section in a bus. Her action created the Montgomery bus boycott to end segregation. Her action started Martin Luther King’s movement. 9.

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